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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 973.931 EAN: 9780393060416 ISBN: 0393060411 Label: W. W. Norton & Company Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 604 Publication Date: August 31, 2004 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Studio: W. W. Norton & Company Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: The result of months of intensive investigations and inquiries by a specially appointed bipartisan panel, The 9/11 Commission Report is one of the most important historical documents of the modern era. And while that fact alone makes it worth owning, it is also a chilling and valuable piece of nonfiction: a comprehensive and alarming look at one of the biggest intelligence failures in history and the events that led up to it. The commission traces the roots of al-Qaeda's strategies along with the emergence of the 19 hijackers and how they entered the United States and boarded airplanes. It details the missed opportunities of law enforcement officials to avert disaster. Using transcripts of cockpit voice recordings, the report describes events on board the planes along with the chaotic reaction on the ground from nearly every level of government. Going forward, the commission calls for a comprehensive overhaul of what it sees as a deeply flawed and disjointed intelligence-gathering operation. The creation of a post for a single National Security Director is recommended, along with the creation of a National Counterterrorism Center. The report finds fault with the approaches of both the Clinton and Bush administrations but, because they were a bipartisan panel and the problems described are so systemic and far-reaching, they stop short of assigning blame to any particular person or group. Credit must be given to how readable the report is. At more than 500 pages, the writing is clear and forceful and the information is made more accessible since it is fre from election politics and rancor. While the commission notes that future attacks are probably inevitable, a coordinated preventive effort along with a clear plan to respond with efficiency can offer Americans some hope in a post-9/11 world. --John Moe Product Description: The authorized hardcover, indexed edition of the national bestseller. Nearly three thousand people died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In Lower Manhattan, on a field in Pennsylvania, and along the banks of the Potomoc, the United States suffered the single largest loss of life from an enemy attack on its soil. In November 2002 the United States Congress and President George W. Bush established by law the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission. This independent, bipartisan panel was directed to examine the facts and circumstances surrounding the September 11 attacks, identify lessons learned, and provide recommendations to safeguard against future acts of terrorism. This hardcover volume is the authorized edition of the Commission's final report, and includes a full index. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - We aren't brainwashed. CNN tells the truth! Unfiltered!It was terrorererrists! They did it! We will find them in their caves!. George Bush is the best president ever in the Umited Sates! Rating: - Do your own research..In order to fully understand the purpose of this "report" or carefully constructed farce, please research the driving force behind its contents - Philip Zelikow. One of Zelidows thesis in college was about creating public myths or the public presumptions about contemporary history. Zelikow noted in his own words, that "contemporary" history is "defined functionally by those critical people and events that go into forming the public's presumptions about its immediate past. ... Read More Rating: - This is a jokeAccording to Wikipedia: The commission was criticized for significant alleged conflicts of interest on the part of commissioners and staff. Further, the commission's report has been the subject of much criticism by both the commissioners themselves and by others. The commission members were appointed by George W. Bush as well as Congress, which led to the criticism that it was not a commission truly independent from the U.S. government whose actions it was supposed to review. ... Read More Rating:  - 9/11 Ommission ReportIt's shocking to read the user reviews and realize that many of these individuals had not done a minute worth of research themselves. It's very easy to pick up a book, with no foreknowledge of any sort, and take all the "facts" for granted. An interesting thing occurs with this book and the reader, when you dissect the simplest of fragments of evidence, and put them in retrospect. I'll admit, I may differ from an average reader of this book in the sense that I would not approach it casually, ... Read More Rating: - A useless report full of omissions and liesThe report was censored & omits anything the government does not want you to know. Even the co-chair of the commission admits that it's full of lies. If you want to read this fictional account of what happened on 9/11, why buy the book? You can download the entire report for free. |
